Stevens out the door at Jobster

“I look forward to playing a role in shaping Jobster’s future success.”

That was the quote from Ron Stevens last November when it was announced that the former Loudeye and Primus Knowledge Solutions executive was joining the heavily-funded Seattle Internet startup. Turns out, the future didn’t last too long for Stevens who has stepped down as chief financial officer of Jobster.

Stevens, who lives in Bellingham, said it was too much of a time commitment. “Ultimately, to do Jobster successfully I would have to move down there,” said Stevens, who was getting ready to go trick-or-treating with his three kids.

Stevens has done the long distance commute before, since both Loudeye and Primus were based in Seattle. But he said his kids are at the age where he decided to make a bigger commitment to his family.

“It gets to be too much,” he said of the commute. Jobster has yet to fill the CFO position.

Stevens has a couple projects that he is working on in Bellingham, though he declined to discuss the details.